Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Get government out of the graffiti business.
- Interesting aspect of Venezuela and the war in Iran I hadn't considered.
- Could Trump's Venezuela oil deal crush Democrats' midterm strategy?
- Secretary Bessent calls out Elizabeth Warren. A false display of knowledge from a false Indian? I'm shocked!
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Emil Michael's "holy cow!" moment regarding AI. Was the Maduro raid when they government woke up to the danger of someone like Anthropic?
- Interesting theory why Kristi Noem was dismissed.
- Netflix acquires AI start-up founded by Ben Affleck.
- Battleships with fricken lasers (Austin Powers reference). This could be a game changer.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Trump was right about tariffs. Agree 100% - reciprocal tariffs work!
- The Artemis II launch date has been pushed off till March at the earliest. This was the sort of bad publicity I was talking about.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- An appreciation of Bobby Weir from his daughter Cloe. Saying he lived his life "drifting and dreaming" is something we should all aspire to in our own lives.
- The situation has definitely changed in Latin America. A first hand account of what happened in Venezuela.
- How many lives will this AI model save? "Why doomers keep losing."
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Glenn Reynolds: Trump, Maduro, and What's Next? Some of the memes are pretty good. Many a truth is said in jest. Worth a read.
- The Maduro Raid: Early reports and cautions. Some excellent points.
- Bettie Boop and Blondie enter the public domain. Detective Sam Spade also enters the public domain - does that mean we'll see a modern Humphrey Bogart-type character in books or films?
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves by far and with Mauro now gone these reserves are opened up to the world. These reserves in large part will be controlled by the US and coupling this with the need of the Venezuelan people for hard cash does not bode well for the oil producing nations of the world.
But how does this effect the other nations of the world? Have a new post up on Substack to look at that question.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Nitwittery update: the bias against novellas. Off the top of my head I'd add Cannery Row or A Moveable Feast to that list.
- Jonathan Turley: The US captures Maduro and his wife. The legal case against Maduro.
- One of Scott Adams best videos.
- Charles Murray on Who is Ayn Rand? Old but Rand's books aren't exactly new. (HT Execupundit)
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- A Wakeup Call at Whitman AFB.
- From the archives: Why did Sulla march on Rome?
- We're going to war with Venezuela aren't we.
- The other side of 60 Minutes sob story. He's not wrong.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Two years since the Oct. 7th slaughter. Slaughter was the appropriate word for what the barbarians did.
- From the archives: The power of humming.
- The Biden corruption in Ukraine. It's as bad as you imagined.
- The first step towards a war with Venezuela. One the one hand it's a bad look for a "man of peace" to start a war but on the other do Democrats really want to support Maduro's dictatorship?
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Matt Ridley on the boomerang effect.
- The Case Against Jerome Powell. Powell must go!
- Is the US getting ready to strike inside Venezuela? Magic 8 ball points to yes.
The US military destroyed a boat carrying drugs in international water out of Venezuela. All 11 crew of the boat were killed. Supposedly all 11 were members of the Tren de Aragua terrorist organization. Of interest nobody seems to be challenging that the boat was carrying illegal drugs or that the crew were members of Tren de Aragua.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley on the effort to "reform" the Supreme Court.
- Facebook acknowledges that it "mistakenly" censored iconic Trump assassination attempt photo. How come all there Big Tech "errors" always seem to favor one party?
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Wonder if anyone has asked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver or LeBron James what their preferred pronouns are in a live interview yet. Would love to see those reactions. Come on NBA - you can't go partially woke!... This was very sweet... Should be noted that when George W. Bush had the opportunity to nominate a woman for the Supreme Court he went with Harriet Meyers (perhaps the worst Supreme Court nominee of my lifetime). Meanwhile Donald Trump nominated and saw confirmed Amy Coney Barrett. These things matter... How many Gender Studies Professor jobs do you think there are in Venezuela? Or have those folks either starved to death or become stooges for the dictatorial government by now?... Also should be noted that all the Republican "Never-Trumpers" almost to a person loved John Roberts when he was a Supreme Court nominee. Maybe never admitting when they were wrong is a common factor here...
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Chicago is in big trouble as a city. And underfunded pensions weren't even mentioned. A financial disaster is looming... Wonder when trans-activists will schedule their first JK Rowling book-burning event. You know its coming. And book-burning is always a sign of the most tolerant of folks... This Ben Affleck story is 100% accurate... Ilhan Omar on Tuesday's historic Middle East Peace deals, "Some people did something" (probably)... Judd Apatow on Hollywood "China has bought our silence"... Someday I'd like to compare where Venezuela stood in comparison to other nations based on GDP when Socialists were first elected to office and where it stands now. And then do the same thing for California starting in 2008...
EDIT: I was only joking about the JK Rowling book-burning but evidently they're already happening.
